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January 2025 Headquarters Update now available online

See the January 2025 Headquarters Update for the following articles: New Year’s Greetings from His Eminence Gomonshu Kojun Ohtani New Year’s Message from Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani New Year’s Message from Kyodan President Dr. Warren Tamamoto 2025 Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii Theme and Slogan Messages from the Gomonshu and the...

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December 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the December 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop Change of the Governing Board of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-Ha 2025 Living Treasures of Hawaii Choralfest 2025 (Sept. 20-21; see flyer) Propagation Program Grant Committee on Social Concerns Update HHMH 2025 Theme/Slogan Poster Contest (see poster gallery)...

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October 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the October 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Aspiration at Wailuku Hongwanji’s 125th Anniversary Service Triple Celebration: Mulitmedia Resources and Triple Celebration Choir 2024-2025 Social Concerns Fund Drive 2025 Giseikai Legislative Assembly (key deadlines) PBA Lighting Our Way Banquet (11/15/24) Also enclosed: 2025 HHMH Master Calendar More...

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September 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the September 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop : “Achieving the Goal Together” Condolence: Mr. Bruce Yoshiyuki Shimada Encouraging Participation in Voting (Committee on Social Concerns) Important Security Notice: Beware of Recent Phishing Emails Triple Celebration Report 2024 BSC Summer Session Poster Contest: Represent...

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September 2024 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea newsletter now available online

Content in the September 2024 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (3.1 MB) includes: Events Bishop Umitani Joins White House’s Fourth Vesak Ceremony Obon 2024: Continuing Tradition, Returning to Normalcy Reflections on a Spiritual Journey Through Wai‘anae Triple Celebration: It’s Time to Celebrate and Share the Nembutsu Kahu Sherman Thompson, 1956-2024...

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August 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the August 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop at the 35th Annual Hiroshima Peace Service Maui Wildfire Update 2024 YBICSE Report 6th Virtual State Dharma School Gathering (11/17; see flyer) Minister’s Lay Assistant Retreat (10/12-10/13; see info & schedule) Peace Day: “Ring Your Bell...

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July 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the July 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop on Adaptation Condolence Youth Specialist Update Triple Celebration BSC Summer Session and Satellite Seminars (see Kauai flyer) Buddhist Study Center Fellowship Club / Manoaphobia (see BSC news item) Jr. YBA convention Minister’s Lay Assistant Retreat 2023-2024...

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